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This is the Tom Hartman program.

The line with us, our buddy Phil Irner, the veteran war correspondent, typically based out of

Keyview Crane right now, he's here in the United States. His video blog is over at YouTube,

Philip Irner, as all you need to know to find it, PHI, LIP, ITT, NER, six letters in each name,

and Phil, welcome back to the program. I'm curious your thoughts on the impact and consequences

of the Republicans now refusing to fund further aid to Ukraine. And the fact that

Orban's people were meeting with the Republicans yesterday and the day before in Washington,

DC, and they're claiming that they're going to block Ukraine aid in the European Union.

What the hell is going on here?

Yeah, this is not good news and it's not being received well back in Ukraine. I've been in

contact with people while I'm here in New York to their reaction as to firstly what happened

during President Zelensky's visit to DC, which was disheartening for many, especially after

Speaker Johnson's statement of like we need to know more about what victory will look like.

Well, President Zelensky has articulated quite well what victory looks like for Ukraine and how

to achieve it. That's willful on the speakers part of ignoring that. And the fact that they're

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